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  2. List of Microsoft codenames - Wikipedia

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    Feature introduced in Windows Vista to support hybrid drives: Protogon — ReFS: The successor of NTFS: Rincon — Internet Explorer 7: Rincon is a surfing beach in Puerto Rico Spartan — Microsoft Edge: Web browser first introduced in Windows 10, which uses EdgeHTML rendering engine. Refers to Spartans in Halo. Stimpy —

  3. System File Checker - Wikipedia

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    In addition, the System File Checker utility ( sfc.exe) was reimplemented as a more robust command-line utility that integrated with WFP. Unlike the Windows 98 SFC utility, the new utility forces a scan of protected system files using Windows File Protection and allows the immediate silent restoration of system files from the DLLCache folder or ...

  4. Microsoft Windows version history - Wikipedia

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    Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Microsoft Windows, version 1.0, released on November 20, 1985, achieved little popularity. The project was briefly codenamed "Interface Manager" before the windowing system was implemented—contrary to popular belief that it was the original name for Windows and Rowland Hanson, the head of marketing at Microsoft, convinced the company that the ...

  5. Blue screen of death - Wikipedia

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    Since Windows 10 build 14316, the screen features a QR code for quick troubleshooting. In Windows 10 (2004–22H2) and Windows 11, the text on the BSoD was slightly changed, with the text "Your PC ran into a problem" being reworded as "Your device ran into a problem". Windows 9x

  6. Black screen of death - Wikipedia

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    Later versions of Windows. MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11 display a black screen of death when the operating system cannot boot. There are many different causes for this problem to occur, and each one of them requires a different solution.

  7. Criticism of Windows 10 - Wikipedia

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    Fluent Design System. v. t. e. Windows 10, a proprietary operating system released by Microsoft in July 2015, has been criticized by reviewers and users. Due to issues mostly about privacy, it has been the subject of a number of negative assessments by various groups.

  8. Windows Error Reporting - Wikipedia

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    In March 2014, Microsoft released an update (KB2929733) for Windows Vista, 7 and Server 2008 that encrypts the first stage of WER. [28] In December 2013, an independent lab found that WER automatically sends information to Microsoft when a new USB device is plugged to the PC.

  9. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Product Activation. Microsoft Product Activation is a DRM technology used by Microsoft Corporation in several of its computer software programs, most notably its Windows operating system and its Office productivity suite. The procedure enforces compliance with the program's end-user license agreement by transmitting information about ...